Definitions of JERK [ʒɜrk]

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Definition of 'JERK'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) jerk
a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, or the like; sudden, abrupt movement.

2.  jerk
a sudden involuntary muscle contraction, as of a reflex.

3.  jerk
Slang. a contemptibly naive, stupid, or insignificant person.

4.  jerk
(in weightlifting) the raising of a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms.

5.  jerk
the jerks, involuntary, spasmodic muscular movements, as from emotional tension.

6. (v.t.) jerk
to pull, twist, move, thrust, or throw with a quick, suddenly arrested motion:
She jerked the child by the hand.

7.  jerk
Informal. to prepare and serve (sodas, ice cream, etc.) at a soda fountain.

8. (v.i.) jerk
to give a jerk or jerks.

9.  jerk
to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically.

10.  jerk
Informal. to work as a soda jerk.

11.  jerk
Vulgar Slang. to masturbate.

12. (v.t.) jerk
to preserve (meat, esp. beef) by cutting in strips and drying in the sun.

13. (adj.) jerk
being or containing a spicy seasoning mixture flavored with allspice, used esp. in Jamaican cooking:
jerk sauce.

14.  jerk
prepared with jerk flavorings, esp. by barbecuing or grilling:
jerk chicken.

Etymology: (1700–10; < AmerSp charquear, der. of charquijerky²)

Definition of 'JERK'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) jerk, dork
a dull stupid fatuous person

2. (noun) jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
an abrupt spasmodic movement

3. (noun) jerk
(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration

4. (noun) jerky, jerked meat, jerk
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

5. (noun) jerk
raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms

6. (verb) tug, jerk
a sudden abrupt pull

7. (verb) yank, jerk
pull, or move with a sudden movement
"He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

8. (verb) jerk, twitch
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
"The patient's legs were jerkings"

9. (verb) twitch, jerk
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
"his face is twitching"

10. (verb) buck, jerk, hitch
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
"the yung filly bucked"

11. (verb) jerk, flick
throw or toss with a quick motion
"flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"

Definition of 'JERK'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) jerk
to move or make move with quick, forceful movements
The bus jerked to a halt.; She jerked the door open.; I jerked on the rope to tighten it.

2. (noun) jerk
an impolite word meaning unpleasant or unkind person
What a jerk!

Definition of 'JERK'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) JERK
a short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion

2. (noun) JERK
a sudden start or spring

3. (verb) JERK
to cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui

4. (verb) JERK
to beat; to strike

5. (verb) JERK
to give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off

6. (verb) JERK
to throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone

7. (verb) JERK
to make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts

8. (verb) JERK
to flout with contempt

Translation of 'JERK'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a short, sudden movement We felt a jerk as the train started.
Afrikaans: ruk	Arabic: هَزَّه	Bulgarian: тласък
Brazilian: solavanco	Czech: trhnutí	German: der Ruck
Danish: ryk	Greek: τράνταγμα	Spanish: sacudida
Estonian: nõksatus	Farsi: تکان ناگهانی	Finnish: nykäisy
French: secousse	Hebrew: דְחִיפָה	Hindi: धक्का, झटका, मूर्ख
Croatian: trzaj	Hungarian: (hirtelen) rántás	Indonesian: sentakan
Icelandic: kippur, rykkur	Italian: scossa, sobbalzo	Japanese: 急な動き
Korean: 갑작스런 움직임	Lithuanian: truktelėjimas, trūkčiojim	Latvian: rāviens; grūdiens
Malay: sentakan	Dutch: ruk	Norwegian: rykk, støt
Polish: szarpnięcie	Persian: تکان ناگهانی	Pashto: ټكان، چړپ خرپ، چړك، جټكه
Portuguese: solavanco	Romanian: smucitură	Russian: рывок
Slovak: trhnutie	Slovenian: sunek	Serbian: trzaj
Swedish: ryck, knyck, stöt	Thai: การกระตุก	Turkish: sarsıntı, silkinti
Taiwanese: 猛拉，猝然一動	Ukrainian: різкий поштовх, ривок	Urdu: جھٹکا
Vietnamese: sự giật mạnh	Chinese: 猛拉
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